Chapter 19 City

"Your Highness, if you go to Ongta Glacier, can you take me with you?"

Before falling asleep, An Lang heard Lan Xiu ask softly.

"Of course." An Lang agreed happily, "You will still be my guide then!"

"I've been away from there for a long time," Lan Xiu replied, "I'm afraid I can't be of any help to Your Highness."

An Lang hesitated for a moment, wanting to ask about Lan Xiu's past but afraid of touching the child's scars.

Lan Xiu sensed his hesitation: "Your Highness, do you want to know my past?"

An Lang nodded, then shook his head, and then thought that Lan Xiu had not awakened, and his movements should not be visible in the dark.

He could only say: "You don't have to say anything you don't want to say."

"Your Highness is really kind-hearted." Lan Xiu saw An Lang's hesitation clearly and looked out the window.

It was pitch black outside the window, with only the corridor lights in the distance casting a warm and fuzzy light.

Just when An Lang thought Lan Xiu was asleep, he heard a voice softly say, "I was born a slave."

"When I was eight years old, I was diagnosed with glandular dysplasia."

"After that, I wandered all the way and finally came to His Highness."

His words were half true and half false, but An Lang didn't respond for a long time.

Hearing some rustling sounds, Lan Xiu turned around and saw An Lang had come to his bed.

The boy's face looked a little conflicted and reluctant.

He was afraid that the emotions he expressed would be too much like pity and hurt his self-esteem.

Lan Xiu quietly observed An Lang's expression in the dark.

He had excellent eyesight, and at such a close distance, he could even see the texture of the skin in the folds between the male insect's eyebrows.

The male insect's eyebrows are very long and of appropriate thickness.

She also has beautiful eyes, and she looks affectionate whether she smiles or not.

In his previous life, when the male insect held this head in his hand, his expression was not like this.

Lan Xiu became confused again.

Is this really a bug?

Is it reasonable that the same male insect in parallel time and space has completely different personality and behavior?

In the darkness, neither of them spoke.

After a long time, An Lang sat sideways on Lan Xiu's bed. The light was dim and he could only see Lan Xiu's dark red eyes.

He reached out and patted the female insect's soft black hair.

"When I first met you, I thought you were weak, but you're not. You're a very strong female insect."

In the 'Boundless' area, Lan Xiu's performance far exceeded An Lang's understanding of him.

Although he failed to awaken and looked like an underdeveloped bean sprout among the female insects whose average height was nearly two meters, he was strong and brave, and was determined not to give up until the last moment.

"I apologize for judging you by your appearance," An Lang said solemnly. "I will do my best to help you restore your glands!"

Lan Xiu was silent for a while, then nodded slightly.

An Lang felt the fine hair rubbing against his hand. He resisted the urge to grab another handful and returned to his bed in the dark.

He crossed his hands on his stomach and nodded secretly. He was really becoming more and more integrated into this Zerg society. He was indeed a Chinese with a strong ability to adapt.

Judging people by their appearance has turned into judging insects by their appearance, without any hesitation.

And he gradually accepted the name Anlang Cofflin.

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The deep blue glacier stands in the distance, like a line of defense that will never collapse.

Sagunto, the last town south of the Ongta Glacier, has a permanent insect population of less than 50,000. Its walls are built extremely thick to block the extremely cold air from outside, and its light-absorbing black material gives it the appearance of a giant black beetle.

The group of four entered the city gate at sunset.

The leader loosened his black snow hat slightly.

"I'm suffocating!"

Just as he was about to take it off, he was stopped by another tall female insect.

"My lord, it's still cold in the city."

Another, thinner female insect quickly reached out and tightened the male insect's hood, drawing a disdainful snort from the person behind her with his arms folded.

Because of the word "hero", there were constant prying eyes scanning from all around, but they seemed unaware and walked straight into the largest club in Sagunto.

This group of people were An Lang and his group.

As soon as you enter the club, a warm breeze with a sweet fragrance hits you in the face.

The attendant in the club respectfully stopped them and said, "Hello, please show me your invitation. I'll help you register."

"Invitation?" An Lang took off his black cloak, revealing a face that could only be described as handsome. He had deliberately adjusted his appearance for this trip to avoid unnecessary trouble. "In remote places, there are quite a few rules."

"Do I need it too?"

He sounded impatient.

Just as the waiter was about to emphasize the rules, the manager came over quickly.

"Of course you don't need it," the manager said, bowing respectfully. "Your purity is your best passport."

After they entered, the manager scolded them, "How dare you stop a bug? Didn't you see the silver pattern on his waist?"

The servant was speechless as the manager continued to scold him, "That's a B-rank male insect. Even if he wants to enter the city lord's bedroom, the city lord has to open the door for him!"

"Fortunately, that gentleman has a good temper, otherwise you would have been thrown into jail!"

An Lang was arranged in a private room with an excellent view. He exclaimed: "This dress is so useful. I was worried that they would insist on me getting an invitation!"

"No." You Zhuo didn't say anything, and Rayleigh answered very concisely.

"Your Highness, this is a uniform custom-made by the Male Insect Protection Association. The silver pattern represents that your blood purity is between 60-80%." Only Lan Xiu explained considerately. He also did some disguise to cover up the conspicuous red scar under his eye.

An Lang was very glad that Lan Xiu came along, otherwise the taciturn Lei Li and the unfriendly You Zhuo would have suffocated him along the way.

After a while, the lights in the entire venue dimmed, leaving only a beam of light in the middle of the stage.

"here we go."

An Lang straightened up. This auction was one of the purposes of their trip.

"The next item to be auctioned is a rare treasure, which is very rare nowadays!" said the beautiful female auctioneer with a smile. As she introduced it, a huge and complete specimen of thin wings appeared in front of everyone.

The thin wings were slender and light. Through the light from behind, An Lang could see the gorgeous patterns on them, which looked like the veins on a magnolia flower, but more delicate.

Their edges were flowing with a light pink. The auctioneer held a thick metal plate and scratched the edge of the thin wings, and the metal plate broke into two pieces.

But the thin wings were unharmed.

"This is a metal plate used in mecha construction," the auctioneer said with a smile. "This shows that this is the wing of a Lan slave, and his rank is A!"

"The starting price is 100,000 star coins!"

The sounds of bidding prices could be heard one after another.

Rayleigh frowned and said, "The sale of Zerg organs has been banned since the establishment of the Empire. How dare they be so arrogant here?"

"Not only do they sell them, they also dissect the female insects alive." You Zhuo said with a sinister look, "Only when the female insect is still alive can we remove her with her wing elytra, so that her thin wings don't lose their luster."

An Lang shuddered when he heard this.

He unconsciously touched his shoulder blade, where he saw two thin slits - those were the elytra.

It's where the wings hide.

Normally, he would be very careful not to touch that place when getting dressed, and even his pajamas had to be made of some special materials.

Because the elytra are very sensitive, it can be said to be a weakness of winged insects.

Cut it out alive...

I don’t know how much it hurts.

"Six million." An Lang raised the sign.

The original price on the market was tens of thousands, but when it came to Anlang, it was directly increased to one million.

The sound of raising prices stopped immediately.

He didn't notice that Lan Xiu, who was sitting next to him, was staring at him.

His eyes were as dark as solidified blood.

"Six million at a time!"

"Six million twice!"

"Six million three times!"

"make a deal!"

Soon a waiter came with a small golden sign, telling Anlang to pick up the item backstage later, or they could deliver it to his door.

"Where is the owner of the wings?"

An Lang called the waiter.

The waiter thought An Lang was worried about retaliation, so he replied, "Don't worry, sir. Our club's auction items all have exclusive sources. Although he is an A-level female insect, he will definitely not be able to escape."

"I want the female."

The waiter was a little embarrassed, as he knew that some male insects had special fetishes.

He hesitated for a moment, not wanting to offend the male insect: "Please wait a moment, I'll ask the supervisor."

An Lang threw the chips in his hand to him: "Money is not a problem."

The waiter quickly smiled and said, "I'll go ask right away."

Soon, the waiter brought the supervisor to the private room.

"Sir, it's a blessing for that slave that you're interested in him. But he has a fiery temper, so I'm afraid he'll need some medicine before I can send him to you..."

"Don't feed him the medicine!" An Lang quickly stopped him, pointing at You Zhuo, "Just give the worm to him."

You Zhuo looked at An Lang angrily. The scar that cut off his eyebrow was like a sword.

"Okay, okay, I'll go get the stock. Please wait a moment."

After the two insects left, An Lang saw that the three female insects all looked unhappy, especially You Zhuo, who almost had the word "scum" carved on his face.

An Lang felt a headache, knowing that the original owner's blame had been polished to a shine again.

He sighed and said to You Zhuo, "Take that female insect to the hospital later."

"Don't always think of me as such a pervert..."

Damn it, what does the original owner’s perversion have to do with him, An Lang!

An Lang is determined to change his image in their minds.

You Zhuo snorted coldly, but Rayleigh said nothing.

An Lang looked to Lan Xiu for help, that was his only hope.

"Your Highness is certainly not that kind of person." Lan Xiu said with a smile.

An Lang breathed a sigh of relief.

Little did he know that in the mind of a certain female insect, he had already thought of the hundredth way to die.

"By the way!" An Lang looked at Rayleigh, "Did we bring enough money?"

Rayleigh nodded.

"Then can we wipe out this lawless place later?"

Rayleigh nodded again: "If His Highness orders it."

An Lang breathed a sigh of relief: "Then we'll settle the bill later."

"Let's finish this before we go back."